Welcome!

This blog is named in honor of where I grew up: Porter County, Indiana near the shores of Lake Michigan.  It was there I learned to sew and met the quilters that inspired me to piece together my own scraps of materials.

I have raised my children, built a house (yes! I literally hammered and sawed!), wrote a book and saw it published. Yet even though I have worn many shoes, my sewing and quilting were always there at the end of the day when I took off my shoes.

Sorting through a box of keepsakes as I awaited the birth of my first grandchild, I found a bib that my son loved to wear. He wanted to put it on even when it wasn’t meal time so he could put things in the pocket and carry them around! It was then I decided I had to make more and offer them to others.

I love to make things that are useful and charmingly functional. I hope you find something you like, something that will make a wonderful gift or something that inspires you.

Enjoy!

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